High Above

The rare and unique book collection room, as the name suggests, does not require much explanation. What can be included in it are basically very important historical originals, or some psychic classics whose contents cannot be completely reproduced due to special structures.

If you change the name of Lost Era, it is probably a magic book, a magic book - in short, what is really important about this kind of book is not the content of the book, but the strange spiritual power attached to it.

Theoretically, Ian himself can also go to the rare and unique collection room.

He had a reading card and a letter of introduction from the alchemist master. It was no problem to stay briefly for half an hour, not to mention that he could scan it directly with a silver chip.

But it was my first time to go to the Grand Library and I was a little too impatient.

Ian had the patience to take his time and achieve his goals without arousing anyone's suspicion. After all, he is the kind of person who makes a plan, follows it step by step, and then adjusts according to unexpected circumstances.

However, occasionally we encounter unexpected changes that are too drastic.

For example, meet Earl Phoenix.

"It turns out, Lord Earl, you are the honorary director of the Great Library."

On the way to the treasure room, Ian learned about the aftermath of the Dark Moon Troubles from Earl Phoenix's boasting - which was actually telling the truth, at most it was an old man recalling the glorious past, but his tone sounded like bragging. His promotion history.

Because of his meritorious service in guarding the Great Library, the old man was directly promoted by the Guardians to the position of Director of the Bureau of Ancient Documents and History, responsible for managing the preservation and safekeeping of all relevant documents in the Imperial Capital. Later, because he fulfilled the relevant tasks perfectly, he was appointed without even knowing why. A large number of rare classics were collected from the ruins of the houses of the exterminated nobles, and Axel made Count Phoenix concurrently serve as the director of the Great Library and the deputy minister of the Ministry of Truth.

As the deputy minister of the empire and a heavyweight department such as the Ministry of Truth, Count Phoenix was an important minister of the imperial capital in the true sense.

But obviously, this is the end. Count Phoenix can only rely on his own words to prevent him from going any further. However, reaching here is also the pinnacle of technical personnel. Going up is the realm of political compromise and power, and Kirch Although the Nev family has this background, the people in this family are somewhat unsatisfactory in terms of character.

Nowadays, as Earl Phoenix is ​​getting older, although he is still in peak condition, he has taken the initiative to retire. Apart from retaining the position of honorary curator, he basically has no official position - but no one will be idle. There was nothing to do but provoke the old count of the Kishinev family.

It is precisely because of this that Ian was brought to the rare and orphan collection room... All of these are precious orphans that Earl Phoenix protected from the Dark Moon turmoil. They are the crystallization of his life's pride.

In other words, whenever Earl Phoenix meets a junior who has some impression, he will bring him over to brag about himself.

Of course, Ian was very cooperative and even praised the Earl's great achievements 100% sincerely. This was not an act. He truly believed that what the other party had done was great.

In Ian's description, Earl Phoenix is ​​simply the savior of academic circles in the imperial capital, the preserver of human civilization, and the patron saint of all books and libraries. Even the old Earl who originally planned to spend the night listening to flattery feels like this It was a bit too much. I couldn't help coughing twice and shouted stop.

"It's passed, it's really passed, I'm not that great yet."

The old earl waved his hand, but even Shuangdie could see his eyebrows raised in happiness: "Let's take a look at these books - although the contents of many books have lost their value due to the passage of time, and have changed. It has become an antique surpassed by modern alchemy, but sometimes, ancient knowledge is also valuable, and its meaning is to prove the path we have traveled."

"I have always believed that even the most insignificant book needs to be respected. That is what the author said to all future generations of readers. Of course, it is okay to disrespect the readers' books by writing random things that do not know what they are. Respect is mutual."

Even the Earl of Phoenix, who frequently made violent comments, spoke quite seriously when it came to the things he loved, which made Ian couldn't help but nod in agreement.

Then, Ian began to look around this collection room, which was neither too big nor too small.

At first glance, the rare and unique book collection room is quite simple, but if you look carefully, you can see that each book is fixed in its original position by a solidified inscription group. If there is no relevant inscription key, even if it is at the peak of the second level, Don't even think about destroying even a little bit of wood chips here.

On the ground, there is a thick layer of hand-woven carpet with exquisite patterns. But if someone really thinks that this is an ordinary carpet, they are wrong. The precognitive vision told Ian that this thing is a second-level psychic creation. Once someone attempts to carry out sabotage here, this thing is called The psychic creations of 'Plush Fury' will come to life and become an extremely tough prison, binding the destroyers in place.

Similarly, various protective measures are everywhere, from bookcases, transparent glass windows and overhead lights.

But what really attracts attention are the books themselves.

"The "Thirty-Two Legends", an ancient manuscript that records the thirty-two natural disasters in the lost era? "The Abyss Sacrificial Text", what is so weird... Oh, the virtual communication manual... "The Jade Record"! The oldest Rubbing copies of alchemical classics! Aha! It's "The Legend of the Seven Sages" and "The Furnace"! I remember that these should be the earliest books of praise of prophets and prophecies of natural disasters!"

With just a glance, Ian discovered many rare ancient books that he had heard of but had never seen a single word of.

Some of them are just pure myths and legends, or records in ancient documents, but there are also some, such as the abyss sacrificial texts, which give Ian a flavor of the virtual realm... It is a kind of spiritual document that can communicate with the virtual realm. Holding it, even ordinary people can sink into the virtual realm through various rituals.

But whether he can come out of the virtual realm alive is another matter.

In the former, Ian just touched the book, and the powerful power of the silver chip directly copied all the text. However, most of the latter were more dangerous and extremely mysterious. Even if Ian touched it, he would not even touch it with the permission of Earl Phoenix. I took out a book and flipped through it, but I couldn't print its spiritual power, only the ordinary words.

But even so, Ian was very happy - this time it was a real bumper harvest! Although there is no valuable 'technical information' in these collections of classics, for someone like him who has everything but lacks information on 'history and secrets', the harvest can be said to be the greatest since he came to the imperial capital. The highest peak.

Apart from anything else, the most important rituals of 'sinking into the abyss' described in the Abyss Sacrifice article are meaningless to Ian, but they contain all the rituals for more than a thousand years, from the Lost Era to four hundred years ago. The process of the relevant researchers, the experience of this kind of research and the 'mistakes' made in it are more meaningful than the final correct answer!

However, what shocked Ian the most was an ordinary-looking book placed in the middle of the bookshelf.

""The Book of Silver Glory"?"